the public will be outraged. That's the issue that comes before the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, in a case that raises potentially profound questions about the scope of presidential authority (or responsibility) to enforce US treaty obligations that clash with the federal-state balance of power and principles of judicial independence. The Supreme Court will hear the case that may determine whether the U.S. criminal justice system is subservient to an international court. If Bush and company’s case before the Supreme Court is defeated, the Texas conviction and death sentence will stand and a legal precedent will be set, that US laws and courts are not bound by any international laws or treaties, like the Vienna or Geneva Conventions -- and Bush wins.

“This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, any thing in the Constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.”